I can't take it anymore -- I'm just going to say it, because I know
it's what everyone is thinking:
Ubuntu!!!
It's the only distro they are going to be able to get their head
around. Every other distro is going to require someone to bust out a
terminal at some point in time. Plus it has killer hardware support.
Jason
On Jan 17, 2008 9:40 AM, Steve <smorrey at gmail.com> wrote:
> Last night I was called over to help with a project.
>> The concept was pretty simple.
> It was suspected that there was a data leak via malware within the
> organization, but McAfee was coming back clean.
> So I brought in a copy of linux called "system rescue" and we started
> performing an offline scan of all the machines on his network.
> After several hours it was determined that there was a massive
> infection of every machine on the network.
> It looks like a rootkit was on each system, it appears that it was
> hidding some keystroke loggers, and a trojan who's purpose is to wipe
> critical system files at a particular date.
>> Anyways thanks to linux we saved the day.
>> This got us on to a discussion of the benefits of using Linux in a
> corporate environment vs running windows.
> He's sold on the concept so now all we need to do is determine what
> distro would meet their needs the best.
>> Here's the rub though.
> We aren't exactly sure what those needs are I think we need to ask
> more questions before they make the jump.
>> There are a few proprietary windows apps which cannot be replaced, but
> I'm relatively certain they could run in wine.
> The company is running Windows Small Business Server 2003 as their in
> house email and file/print server.
>> This server runs exchange but only for it's email handling and not
> it's calendaring additionally it does spam filtering via McAfee spam
> filter, albeit not so well :)
> Additionally it functions as the "Primary Domain Controller".
>> Where do we go from here? What are the right questions to ask and
> answer before moving this company over completely to Linux?
>> So far I'm getting ready to ask the following...
> Are there good linux replacements for exchange in this context?
> What Linux app would you use to replace a PDC?
> Additionally there is a single large copier/printer/fax that is hooked
> up to the machine and it's being shared through the network via the
> main box, what are the odds that this thing has got good drivers for
> Linux?
>> Can you folks help me come up with more questions (and possibly
> answers) that we should ask/answer and have ready to make this
> company's transition to Linux as seamless as possible?
>> Thanks in advance!
>> Sincerely,
> Steve
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